"Xtrackers MDAX ESG Screened UCITS ETF" is an exchange-traded investment fund (ETF). It refers to the MDAX ESG Screened Index. This index reflects the development of securities . The ETF replicates its index using full physical replication, so it contains all the securities of its reference index. The ETF's earnings are distributed to the investors. The fund company Xtrackers claims a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.40% per year. The yearly average divergence from the index performance (Tracking Difference) since 2015 was -0.07% per year. Therefore, the ETF was less expensive than the TER suggests and even exceeded the index performance.